Press-Register Sound Off: Good Samaritan at Sam's; Cpl. Whitehead a true American hero

-- Thank you so much to the person who picked up our cell phone in the Sam’s Club parking lot Saturday and placed it on our car mirror. We were in a panic when we discovered it was lost and so relieved to find some good, honest person had found it and put it on our car so we could find it. Can’t thank you enough.

Whitehead an American hero

-- To the brother and family of Cpl. Joseph Whitehead: This young man is not just your hero, he’s my and every other American’s hero. Because of the fine young men and women this great country produces and their willingness to give all, we’ll remain safe and free. God Bless all of our American military and their families.

Just do your job, governor

-- Gov. Bentley, it looks like we are in for a long, rocky road. Is it too much to ask for you to just do your job and keep your personal comments to yourself? Christianity isn’t about putting down people with different beliefs.

Bentley has same rights

-- People are way too thin-skinned now. The governor of Alabama ought to have the same right to religious freedom that the rest of us have, and I’m not a Baptist, either.

Christians offended, too

-- I was reading about Gov. Bentley apologizing to non-Christians troubled by his comments. More than non-Christians, Christians were also troubled. Everybody is offended by this. We’re used to this in Alabama, but it’s very embarrassing. So it’s not just non-Christians. It’s other Christians who are embarrassed by him, too.

An educated redneck

-- I read Gov. Bentley’s comment that if you’re not a Christian, you’re not his brother, and that non-Christians are troubled by his comments. We Christians should be more troubled than non-Christians. I don’t want to be included in his beliefs. He’s typical of the redneck American Christian. He’s an educated man, but he’s still a redneck in his beliefs.

Separated at birth?

-- Our new governor is beginning to sound more and more like Sarah Palin. Speak first, think later.

U.S. needs more Bentleys

-- It was a good thing Gov. Bentley talked about being a Christian. We need more people in office like him. Our forefathers came to America to be a Christian nation.

City salaries too high

-- I can’t believe the city of Mobile is paying an entry level accountant nearly $40,000 a year when people out here have college degrees, master’s degrees and aren’t making that kind of money. Mobile needs to look back at all the people they have working for the city. They could do a lot of cutting down on salaries to save money.

Make parents pay

-- I agree with the caller who said it’s time to cut out the free stuff in schools. It’s time to let parents start paying for their own children. I paid for my children’s things when they went to school. Nobody helped me. Why should everybody else get it for free, and I have to pay for theirs too? They should have to pay for their own.

Show us the money

-- I just wonder why every time Ken Feinberg comes down here, he doesn’t have any money. He needs to stop coming down here empty-handed and help these people, instead of giving them excuses.

Oil not going away

-- Half of that $20 billion should be set aside to pay businesses along the coast for years to come. This oil isn’t just going to go away after this summer. It will be washing up for years. I’m a native, and I love our beaches, but I won’t stay in Gulf Shores or swim in the Gulf or let my child touch the sand or water. Put that money up for the people, because it’s not over.

Tired of Siegelman, Scrushy

-- I’m so sick and tired of Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy. They were found guilty, and they need to serve their time. They need to serve their time and get out of the paper.

Cleanliness starts at home

-- These people are always complaining about the streets being dirty. Why don’t they pick up the trash in front of their houses like I do? I live in St. Elmo. I’m 73 years old, and I pick up the trash on one-quarter of the roadway in front of my house. It would be good for them. They would get some exercise.